Creative Writing Ideas with Bruce Van Patter:
http://www.brucevanpatter.com/what_if_questions.php
http://www.brucevanpatter.com/storykitchen.html
http://www.brucevanpatter.com/mugshots.html
http://www.brucevanpatter.com/kidtales.html
http://www.brucevanpatter.com/video_samples.html
Our Writing Philosophy: Writing Workshop using the Writer's Notebook

Other cool story ideas:
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/
http://storyprompts.wordpress.com/
http://www.writepop.com/category/1001-story-ideas

Writing Songs:












Ideas for Notebook Entries
Author's Websites
Secrets from the Author's Chair
Enter a Writing Contest to win a Trip to Europe



Persuasion:
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/persuasive-techniques-advertising-1166.html?tab=4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ptlhoV1aLw

Infomercials:
Pasta n More
Shadazzle
Head Wedgie
Ped-Egg
Pedi Paws
Pajama Jeans
Bark Off
Edge of Glory
Zip Notes
Glamour Curls
Fix It Pro
Big Boss Grill

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Publish Your Writing:

Click here to find ways to publish your writing pieces

Storybird
Little Bird Tales

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Spelling:



Spelling Words and Games Link
Spelling City

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Grammar:

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Grammar Skills Focus: Adverbs
Rock & Rock Adverbs
School House Rock Adverbs
BrainPOP Adverbs
Adverb Worksheet

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Old Grammar Skills to Review:
Create a Mad Lib



Using Quotation Marks in Dialogue
Quotation Marks Review Sheet
Quotation Mark Rules
Quotation Marks Quiz
Quotation Marks Video
Check out this cool PREZI slideshow on AAWWUBBIS
AAWWUBBIS POWERPOINT
Simpson Sentence Review (scroll to end slides for AAWWUBBIS)
Complex Sentence Guide
Worksheet Practice on Sentences
AAAWWUBBIS SONG to Happy Birthday Video




Proper Punctuation for a Compound Sentence
Compound Sentence Study Zone
Watch the Conjunction Junction Video
Simple Versus Compound Sentence Game
Choose the Conjunction Game
Compound Sentence Practice Sheets

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Writer's Notebook Ideas
Ralph Fletcher's Notebook Ideas

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Brush Up on Grammar:

Comma Exercise
Yummy Analogies
Plural_Nouns1.jpg
Plural_Nouns2.jpg
More_Plural_Nouns.jpg
More_Plural_Nouns2.jpg
Preposition Cat & Mouse Game
Basketball Prepositions
Preposition Hangman
Preposition Song
Grammar Rocks Video: Prepositions
Possessive Nouns Activity
Awesome Possessive Noun Power Point
Possessive Noun Game
Quotation Game Noun Dunk
Quotation Quiz
Punctuation Paintball
Noun Rats
Complete Sentences
Parts of Speech HELP!
Create a Wacky Web Tale (Like Mad Libs)
Rags to Riches: Subject and Predicate
Sentence Games
Quiz Time!
Subject and Predicate Power Point
Persuasive Topics
Persuasive Samples by Kids
Loads of Writing (including persuasive) Samples
Conjunctions
Sentence Types
Sentence Types Quiz
Sentence Quiz
Combining Sentences
Combining More Sentences
Compound Sentence Game
Run Ons
Preposition Basketball
Preposition Hangman
A vs An
Grammar Quiz
Quotation Quiz
Quotation Mark Rules
ID Parts of Speech Quiz


Download:
**Open Office Word Processor**
**Google Documents**

Writing Tools:
**Point of View**
**Persuasion Map**
**Let's Debate**
Rhyming Word Site
Capitalization Rules
Build a Story

Poetry:summer sara.docx
How to Write a Limerick
http://www.poetry4kids.com/
http://www.jeffspoemsforkids.com/
http://www.angelfire.com/md/byme/pocket/poetry1.html
http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/cantwrite.htm
http://www.othervoicespoetry.org/vol11/zervos/5wpclear.html
http://www.runokone.com/makeapoem/
http://thinkzone.wlonk.com/PoemGen/PoemGen.htm
http://www.aipoem.com/
http://www.languageisavirus.com/automatic_poetry_generator.html

Color Poem Links

• http://www.kathimitchell.com/color.html
• http://www.tooter4kids.com/color_poems.htm
• http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/color.htm